A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

A Maltese investigative journalist who exposed the island nation's links to offshore tax havens through the leaked Panama Papers was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in her car, the prime minister said.

Alec Baldwin has reprised in his role as Donald Trump for the latest episode of Saturday Night Live’s Weekend Update, identifying the US president as the true martyr of the tragic Charlottesville rally.

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WA prisons chief retires

Western Australia's outgoing prisons chief says the role has taken its toll.

The retirement of Department of Corrective Services commissioner Ian Johnson was announced on Friday by newly-appointed minister Joe Francis, who took on the contentious prisons portfolio after the Liberal government won its second term last month.

Mr Francis said the department, one of the most difficult areas of government, faced new challenges and required reform.

"It was mutually agreed that new leadership will best position the Department of Corrective Services to implement the necessary reforms," he said.

Mr Johnson, a high-ranking policeman for 29 years before he joined the department in 2005, said there was still much to do.

"The past eight years have been challenging to say the least and have certainly taken their toll on me," he said.

"Whoever takes over has my best wishes."

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Just a week ago, Mr Johnson told a Supreme Court hearing that he supported the decision to move young offenders from the Banksia Hill Detention Centre to the nearby Hakea Prison after they destroyed the facility in a riot in January.

The court action was initiated by the parents of juvenile offenders who claim they were mistreated.

It was an emergency situation and fortunately no one was seriously injured in the riot, he said.

Along with the death in custody of Aboriginal elder Mr Ward in 2008, the matter was the most serious he had faced in his role, Mr Johnson told the court.

Mr Johnson also told the court that young offenders were now far more difficult to manage than in the past, often turning violent as a result of using amphetamines.